ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – “Look for more cameras by the end of 2025.” With 20 now in place and more coming in the future, the City of Albuquerque said its speed camera program has made a difference in driver behavior.
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“100%. Every single place where we put up a camera, we see a drop in speed. It’s pretty significant, up to eight to 10 miles per hour on average for a lot of these camera locations,” said Dan Mayfield with the Department of Municipal Development for the city of Albuquerque.
The city has issued more than 457,000 tickets to speeding drivers since 2022. From a safety standpoint, the city is seeing a change in driver behavior, especially on some of its busiest roads. The Gibson corridor average speeds are down by eight mph, and Central Ave. near Tingley is down by four mph. Other cameras are down by a couple miles per hour…